Acts 2:32

This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses.

'THIS JESUS DID GOD RAISE UP'-David was speaking of Jesus of Nazareth.

'WHEREOF WE ALL ARE WITNESSES'-The apostles add their own eyewitness testimony. (Acts 1:8; 22).

Point to Note:

The testimony of the apostles should be taken seriously: (a) They were the personal followers of Jesus, those closest to Him. If anyone could have found fault in Jesus--it would have been these men. But they declared Him to be sinless (1 Peter 2:22). (b) Various factors make it difficult to believe that these men were deceived or that they just plain lied to us: (1) Even though they suffered, gained no earthly advantage, were tortured, etc..they still continued to preach the gospel message (2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 6:3) (2) 12 of them existed-it's harder to deceive 12 men than 1. (3) Skeptics existed among them (John 20:25). (4) Other people existed, who could of contradicted their story (1 Corinthians 15:6), but none of the other eyewitnesses did. (5) Since it must be admitted that the writings of the apostles give mankind the highest moral standard and ethical system known--we must accept the fact that they were giving us the truth when they claimed that Jesus had been raised from the dead.

'But where was He now, if He was raised from the dead?' (Bruce p. 72)